Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Property or commodity transaction
Patent
1984-07-23
1986-10-07
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Property or commodity transaction
273282, 273284, A63F 300
Patent
active
046155279
ABSTRACT:
A game of skill and chance which simulates the excitement and frustrations of drilling for oil. Playing pieces, representing oil drilling rigs are inserted through apertures in a top deck and, if unhindered, proceed through to a lower deck. However, a sliding middle deck is inserted between the other two decks which has only some of the holes so that a drilling rig has a real probability of being blocked and therefore results in a "dry well". Due to the symmetrical nature of the decks, the sliding middle deck may be removed from a specially provided channel, rotated along any plane and then re-inserted. This provides eight different playing configuration from a single sliding deck. Additional decks may be provided for increased variety.
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Miller Richard L.
Pinkham Richard C.
Schneider Matthew L.
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